glaring typo

[Laurence Horn]

As it happens, "career" (v.) and "careen" were among the items in
this year's poll of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel.
We'll see eventually what my fellow panelists think about the need to
maintain this particular distinction.

LH

At 3:13 PM -0800 11/28/09, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>tilted off the tracks?
>
>On Nov 28, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Robert Hartwell Fiske wrote:
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>>  The correct word is careened. The train tilted. ... Not that many people
>>  observe this distinction.
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>>  Robert Hartwell Fiske
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>>  In a message dated 11/28/2009 6:05:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>  wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM writes:
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>>  Yeah,  looks right to me.
>>
>>  JL
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>>  On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Benjamin  Barrett
>>  <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:
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>>>  My Mac dictionary has
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>>>  move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way  in a specified direction : the
>>  car
>>>  careered across the road and went  through a hedge.
>>>
>>>  BB
>>>
>>>  On Nov 28, 2009, at 2:25  PM, Kathleen M. Ward wrote:
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>>>>  Could this use of "career" be  an instance of the OED's second meaning
>>>>  for the verb, "to gallop,  run or move at full speed"?
>>>>
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>>>>  On Nov 28, 2009, at 1:54 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
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>>>>>  Officials say three carriages of  the 14-car Nevsky Express,
>>>>>  travelling from
>>>>>  Moscow to St. Petersburg, careered off the tracks Friday night as
>>>>>  the train
>>>>>  approached speeds of 200 km/h in a rural  area.
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>>>>>  (http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/28/russia-derailment.html)
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